Cleaner for pipes, sewers, culverts, and the like



Aug. 8, 1933. C REED 1,921,098

CLEANER FOR PIPES, SEWERS. CULVERTS, AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 11, 1952' 2 Shees-Sheet 1 Invcnlor ['91s I 286d j] llomey c. I. REED 1,921,098

CLEANER FOR PIPES, SEWERS. CULVERTS, AND THE LIKE Aug. 8, 1933.

Filed Oct. 11, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inucn for ['{yde I feed flllorney Patented Aug. 8, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Clyde I. Reed, Norwalk, Ohio Applicaticn October 11, 1932.

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to a mechanical device for cleaning dirt or any foreign substance from pipes, road culverts and the like. The device is particularly adaptable to inaccessible road culverts.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this nature which is simple in its construction, adjustable, easy to manipulate, capable of ready assembly and disassembly of its various parts, thoroughly efficient and reliable in use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description pro- 5 ceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device showin the same in use in a culvert, the culvert being shown in longitudinal section.

Figure 2 is an end view showing the rod in section.

Figure 3 is a similar View showing the plate differently adjusted.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through the device.

Figure 5 is a detail elevation of a nut, and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the plates.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes an elongated rod, the major portion of which is threaded beginning at one end and the other end has an eye 6 formed thereon. Numerals 7 denote oblong plates having at one convex end edge 8 thereof a lug 9 as shown in Figure 6. From the other end there extends inwardly a longitudinal slot 15 for receiving the rod 5. The plates are assembled in abutment with one another to radiate outwardly and to be adjusted to the particular size of the culvert or the like to be cleaned and held in such adjusted position by two nuts 11 a on the threaded portion or" the rod which tighten against washer plates 21, which in turn hold the plates '7 in any desired adjusted position.

Numeral 12 denotes a nut threaded on the rod 5 and having four lugs 14 projecting therefrom. Links 15 have their ends pivotally connected with the lugs 9 and 14. These links, therefore, function as braces for the plates. A cap 16 is threaded on the end of the rod 5 and has an eye 17 formed thereon with which is engaged a Serial No. 637,330

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link 18. A cable 19 is engaged with the link 18 and a cable 20 is engaged with the eye 6.

The method of use is as followsz-The cable 19 is first forced through the pipe or culvert by means of jointed rods or similar arrangement. This cable is then attached to the link 18. The other end of the cable may be attached to a tractor or truck. The plates'i, of course, have been previously adjusted in accordance with the diameter of the culvert. Obviously as the device is pulled through the culvert it forces the dirt therefrom as indicated to advantage in Figure 1.

It is thought that the construction, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more 7 detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without so departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinaifterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the class described including an elongated rod, plates having slots through which the rod extends, means for holding the plates clustered together and radiating outwardly from the rod, a nut on the rod, and links pivotally engaged with the nut and with the outer ends of the plates.

2. A device of the class described including an elongated rod, plates having slots through which the rod extends, means for holding the plates clustered together and radiating outwardly from the rod, a nut on the rod, and links pivotally engaged with the nut and with the outer ends of the plates, one end of the rod being formed with an eye, and a cap threaded on the other end of the rod and having an eye formed thereon.

CLYDE I. REED. 

